The Brookhaven leader., 1887-06-30

OI Oork IN nOiStlnB Dlack nag on the Oct't-
sion Of the jubilee, and because Of his hay
ing shown favor TO Nationslists, Plunkett,
the divisional magistrate, has superseded
him and ordered that only the resident
paid magistrate try prisoners.
The notorious murd erer, Quinn Bohan-
non, escaped from the jail at Nebraska
City, Neb., recently.
"BMCK" PoMERoY has preferred charges
to the Commissioners Of Hospitals against
the management of GoUverneur Hospital at
New York alleging drunkenness, debauch-
cry, cruelty 10 patients and inc0Inpetency.
THE Jury in the case of Cora Lee, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Sarah Graham at
Springfield, Mo-, were unable to agree on
a verdict and were discharged on the 2Sd.
They stood eight for conviction and four
for acquittal
J. W. WILTSHIRE, the broker, has been
placed under arrest for completely in the
Fidelity Bank frauds.
THE race of the Eastern Yacht Club at
Marblehead, Mass, on the 23d was won by
the Mayhower in II 81 80, followed by the
| Iroquols, Galatea, Sachem, America,
| Stranger and Huron, in the order named.
By the wrecking OF atrain on the Hawkes.
bury railway in New South Wales, on the
23d, seven persons were killed and forty
| the failure of the brakes to work while the
train was going down an incline.
GEORGE SHoAF, a noted Texas gambler,
formerly city marshal has been arrested
as the leader of the Texas train robbers.
A SPECIAL from Haverhill, Mass, of the
23d says that gigantic lockout affecting
| 10, 900 hands In the big shoe fac tories was
about to be inaugurated.
THE Treasury Department has notified
the customs officers at Louisville, KY, to
take effective steps to prevent undervalua-
| tions Of iron and steel reported at that port.
IN the Hazlebrook eviction cases that
have been on trial at Wilkesbarre, Pa, be-
fore Alderman Donahue, judgment was en-
tered in favor of evicted miners, six in num-
ber, in the sum of $500 each for damages
sustained by reason OF having their goods
and chattels thrown into the roadway.
THE awards in the Masonic celebration at
Louisville, KY, on the oath were as follows
| The first prize, 1900, the Montgomery
Grays; second, q, 200, the Louisville Light
Infantry; third, $3.50, the Montgomery True
Blues.
| FIRE in Dayton, w. T., destroyed $l15, 600
worth of property, including about dozen
stores.
| THERE was a semi-panic on Wall street
Gould's death. Prices dropped rapidly,
but recovered on news that the rumors
were false.
PETROLEUM was struck near Fort Worth,
Tex, recently at a depth of $40 feet.
JOSEPH BROTHERS, jewellers of Birming-
ham and Leeds, England, and Canada, have
failed with 500, 600 liabilities and small as
| sets.
| LOUIS KENNEDY a. Co, commission and
| grain merchants of Cincinnati assigned on
the oath to James Pettibone The liabilities
were said to be $4,000, with assets of
$4,000. Kennedy was reported te be in
the Chicago wheat deal and was heavy
indorser of Fidelity Bank paper.
A TRAIN on the Wabash mangled three
men near Mexico, Mo-, recently. They had
stepped from the track of the Chicago &
Alton, which runs parallel, to avoid tram
when the accident happened
| THE immense tobacco warehouse of Saw
yer, Wallace Il Co.. at Ninth and Main,
Louisville, KY, burned the other morning.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) during
the seven days ended June % numbered for
| the United States III for Canada, 26; total,
1877 as compared with 2lS the previous week
and 1852 the corresponding week Of last
year.
THE Agricultural and Mechanical College
at Auburn, Ala, was destroyed by fire on
the oath. Loss on building and apparatus,
SlS5,OOO
FIRE in Watertown, Wis, the other morn
| ing destroyed the Chicago, Milwaukee Il
| ST. Paul rolling mills, causing loss of
$3.50, 600
A HUGE sawmill at Winona, Mimi, was
| totally destroyed by fire recently with all
is machinery, causing 100000 loss.